WEEK 12 A PHOTOGRAPHIC CHARACTER STUDY

 THE VIEW, PARKTOWN I am still concerned about the people in Turkey and Syria that are severely impacted by the earthquakes and the after shocks that tore the land apart on 6 February 2023. How are they coping? I asked you, my readers, how are you “coping” with this brutal creativity? Some of reacted on my Facebook page and I do appreciate it. Please keep working and keep on make a difference in life. In the meantime, we genealogists of West...

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Week 11 Antakya - my new art project - so called

 Screenshot of the olive grove that was ripped apart on 6 February 2023 in Antakya, Turkey A brand-new week that is behind us. A clean slate as it were; and yet there are 12.5 million people in Turkey and Syria that were adversely affected by the devastating earthquakes and the hundreds of aftershocks. They lost everything, except their lives. I think that the trauma must be almost unbearable. It must be sheer horror.Video of the chasm that...

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Week 10 Exotic big cats in private captivity in South Africa: legit without a permit? Unfortunately, so.

Tiger in captivity at Lory Park Zoo, MidrandMy wife and I visited a private zoo, or a boutique zoo, in Midrand and it was such a pleasure to be there. The place is kept very clean and to my mind the animals are kept in good condition – except these animals are deprived of their freedom in the wild. It is, without saying, the ultimate space for them: their natural habitat; the wild open spaces. Having said that, it is virtually impossible for me to...

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Week 8 The day the Earth moved How the Turkey earthquake tore a 300-kilometre rupture through the Earth’s surface

An attempt to make sense of the earthquake in Turkey that ripped open an olive grove.An attempt to make sense of the quake in Turkey that ripped open an olive groveMidnight Monday 13 February 2023 I was doing art in my lounge while my wife was sleeping when I received a whatsapp message from my brother-in-law living in Wellington, Western Cape, South Africa. I was shocked and intrigued at the same time. Being a lawyer for more than 42 years, one...

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Week 7- A THING OF BEAUTY ON MY PAVEMENT

 A thing of beautyThe day is a blank sheet when waking up this morning. I spent some time during the midnight hours to sit quietly reading in our sitting room. Carlo Rovelli write lucidly and some people might even understand everything what he wrote about in HELGOLAND. To start off with: I didn’t even know who or what HELGOLAND is or was or might be? Was it a science-fiction thriller? What does HELGOLAND mean? My one friend lent me his book;...

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Week 6 – exotic animals in SA completely out of its natural habitat

 Progression of my tiger ink drawing in protest against exotic animals in private captivityProgression of my tiger ink drawing in protest against exotic animals in private captivityProgression of my tiger ink drawing in protest against exotic animals in private captivityProgression of my tiger ink drawing in protest against exotic animals in private captivityProgression of my tiger ink drawing in protest against exotic animals in private captivityProgression...

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Week 5 SOCIETY IS UTTERLY CORRUPT AND DEPRAVED – IS THERE REDEMPTION?

Orbea variegata - Carrion flower in my garden [Kaapse Fynbos]At the Herb FarmAt the Herb FarmAt the Herb FarmAt the Herb FarmPaul Kennedy. Advocate Paul Kennedy. Advocate Paul Kennedy SC. One of our pillars in the legal fraternity of South Africa and in the Southern African region. He moved amongst the cognoscenti of the South African community. He held an acting appointment as a judge of the South African High Court. He was, inter alia, a human...

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